Adventure Cove jumped into the deep end of the pool in its second season's first week. The aquatics center run by the city of Abilene saw 6,427 attendees the first week, said Lesli Andrews, the city's director of community services.

The facility opened May 26, beginning its first full summer season.

Construction problems delayed the park's inaugural season last year until June 15.

"We were not open this time last year so we do not have anything to compare it to," Andrews said of the present numbers.

But the park seems on track to potentially break the record for its first season, which ended in September.

A total of 37,802 people attended Adventure Cove in its first season, according to Reporter-News archives.

That means in its first week or so, the aquatics facility has already seen around 17 percent of that total.

Andrews said the city was "very pleased with the attendance" so far, adding that having a single daylong session for swim fans has "worked out well."

The park has a maximum capacity of 504.

Last year, many of the park's open days were divided into two "shifts," separated by a maintenance break, at which point swimmers were asked to leave and had to purchase a new admission to return for the next session.

Last year, the park reached capacity several times, according to newspaper archives.

"However, due to guests leaving for the day we never had a long line of patrons waiting for an extended period to enter the facility," Andrews said last year.

The current spate of hot weather, including some days above 100, "does not appear to have kept people away," Andrews said last week.

"After-hour reservations are going well and we are looking forward to seeing this number continue to increase," she said.

At this point, pavilion reservations have been slow, she said.

"But we are hopeful that they will continue to increase throughout the summer," Andrews said.

The aquatics center was built through money approved by voters in a 2015 bond election.

The aquatics center replaced the venerable Rose Park Pool. It features a leisure pool with a zero-depth beach entry, a lazy river, a pair of water slides, a party pavilion, a covered patio, and a bathhouse.

The center has been designed with the future in mind, according to the city's website, providing space to eventually add features and expand the lazy river.